PALLIATIVE

palliative

Noun

  1. Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
    The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

Adjective

  1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  2. Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.


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